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Oldest skeleton of a plesiadapiform provides additional evidence for an exclusively arboreal radiation of stem primates in the Palaeocene

Palaechthonid plesiadapiforms from the Palaeocene of western North America have long been recognized as among the oldest and most primitive euarchontan mammals, a group that includes extant primates, colugos and treeshrews. Despite their relatively sparse fossil record, palaechthonids have played an...

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Autores principales: Chester, Stephen G. B., Williamson, Thomas E., Bloch, Jonathan I., Silcox, Mary T., Sargis, Eric J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5451839/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28573038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170329